“The heart of that bloke was so big”: Ed Sheeran remembers Shane Warne
Ed Sheeran has paid tribute to his friend Shane Warne with a few classic Warnie memories, almost two weeks since he was found dead.
The legendary cricketer, 52, died of natural causes on March 4 in a luxury villa on the Thailand holiday island of Koh Samui.
Speaking to The Project, the British musician fondly recalled the moment they met in 2014, at Warnie’s Club 23 in Melbourne which closed down in 2019.
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“We met in 2014, when I was doing the Logies. He was staying at the hotel next to me, and do you remember he had that club at Crown?” Ed began.
“He took me and my friends there, and that was like the first time I'd hung out with him.
“Then - mate, he used to do some really amazing things. I've got some friends that are huge into cricket, and he just offered one day like, ‘Do you want me to take them to the nets at Lord's [in London]?’
“You guys know - the heart of that bloke was so big, and he's just such a lovely person inside and out. There's so many stories like that.”
The following year, Ed was on his first Australian tour for Shape of You when he met up with Warnie again.
“He took me in the nets at the MCG. He was bowling against my dad, and my dad was doing the hits and everything,” he recalled.
“Then I sort of whispered to him, ‘Give him one proper Shane Warne ball’ - man, they fly don't they! They really fly.”
Shane Warne's memorial service is due to be held at the MCG on March 30th.
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